St. Louis Cardinals vs Pittsburgh Pirates
April 18, 1939 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1939 at Forbes Field. The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."
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St. Louis Cardinals 3, Pittsburgh Pirates 2

St. Louis Cardinals ab   r   h rbi
Brown 2b 3 1 1 0
Gutteridge 3b 5 1 2 0
Slaughter rf 5 1 1 0
Medwick lf 5 0 1 2
Mize 1b 3 0 2 1
Moore cf 3 0 1 0
Owen c 4 0 0 0
Orengo ss 2 0 0 0
  Martin ph 1 0 0 0
  Myers ss 1 0 0 0
Weiland p 2 0 1 0
  Padgett ph 1 0 0 0
  Shoun p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 9 3
Pittsburgh Pirates ab   r   h rbi
Waner cf 5 1 1 0
Bell rf 3 0 1 0
Rizzo lf 4 0 1 1
Vaughan ss 4 0 1 0
Suhr 1b 4 0 0 0
Young 2b 4 0 1 0
Brubaker 3b 4 1 1 0
Mueller c 3 0 1 1
Klinger p 2 0 1 0
  Tobin ph 1 0 0 0
  Sewell p 0 0 0 0
  Berres ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 35 2 9 2
St. Louis 000 000 300390
Pittsburgh 001 010 000291
  St. Louis Cardinals IP H R ER BB SO
Weiland  W (1-0) 6.0 7 2 2 1 3
  Shoun  SV (1) 3.0 2 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 2 2 2 3
  Pittsburgh Pirates IP H R ER BB SO
Klinger  L (0-1) 7.0 9 3 3 2 3
  Sewell   2.0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 3 3 3 3

  E–Brubaker (3).  2B–St. Louis Mize (1), Pittsburgh Rizzo (1); Mueller (1).  SH–Mize (1).  Team LOB–10.  Team–8.  U–George Barr, Bick Campbell, Bill Klem.  T–2:16.  A–15,783.

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